Windows 10 Upgrade

[camdave]

I keep reading in magazines and on web-sites that MS is now adding the Windows 10 upgrade to the optional updates.
So far neither of our 8.1 desktops has listed this option - am I alone in being ignored by Microsoft ?

PS - I have no wish to upgrade at present, I will wait (as always) until I/we buy new PCs.

[Clive]

I'm with you all the way Dave, I never upgrade to a new OS.  Windows 10 is waiting to install on one of our Win 7 laptops so I've stopped updates.  If the machine gets damaged I'm not too bothered. 

[sparky]

I have a Canon Scanner that appears not to work under W10, so I am also sticking to W7.

I install security updates, but am very careful about what else I install. I have a list of those updates to avoid so far.
KB2952664,KB2976978,KB2977759,KB2990214,KB3021917,KB3022345,KB3035583,KB3068708,KB3074683,KB3075249,KB3080149,KB3083324 and KB3112343.

Some are know to create W10 prompts and download W10 stuff ready for installing.

[Glenn]

I use a Canon MP610 multi-function printer which Canon say does not work with Win 10, installed the 8.1 driver and all the functions works fine.

[Clive]

Microsoft say that Office 2010 won't work with Win 10 but it works perfectly fine!

[zappaDPJ]

Conversely Microsoft says that Outlook 356 does work with Windows 10 but it doesn't unless it was installed prior to installing/upgrading Windows 10.

The fix is to run /sfc scannow which locates and fixes a corrupt Windows 10 file that you just installed a few minutes ago when you upgraded to Windows 10. In fact the same corrupted file exists on all versions of Windows 10 installation media.

I still detest Windows 10.

[Den]

Office 2010 worked fine with Windows 10 but I moved up to Office 365 and that works fine as well.

My Canon Scanner 8800F works fine as does my Canon iP6700D but my Canon Sephy CP780 does not. 

[Clive]

I have a Canon Scanner 8800F too - a wonderful beast!  The simplest way to get rid of Win 10 prompts and icons from your computer is to download a very reliable little program http://ultimateoutsider.com/ and follow the easy instructions.  I've used it on all my Win 7 machines.   

[Simon]

That looks very useful, Clive.

[Baz]

I have a Canon Scanner 8800F too - a wonderful beast!  The simplest way to get rid of Win 10 prompts and icons from your computer is to download a very reliable little program http://ultimateoutsider.com/ and follow the easy instructions.  I've used it on all my Win 7 machines.   

is it the first one on the download page as all I get from that link is some badly translated clip promoting the site and something about do you like make song 

[Clive]

Gosh, I'd better check the url Baz. 

[Clive]

Ah, many apologies Baz, you need to add downloads to the url.  http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads

What you need to download is GWX.  (Get Windows 10).  It's very effective at removing all traces of Microsoft nagging.

[Simon]

It wasn't difficult to find. 

[john]

Woman gets $10,000 payout after Windows 10 upgrade.

[Glenn]

I would say that she is telling porkies when she says she had never heard of Windows 10, even my 88 year old mother has heard of it.

[Clive]

I successfully downloaded it on my netbook yesterday.  Simplicity itself. 

[Technical Ben]

I would say that she is telling porkies when she says she had never heard of Windows 10, even my 88 year old mother has heard of it.

Third world countries and all that... (joking aside, everyone is individual and not the same as us, so perhaps they were not in the tech bubble)

[tehidyman]

I decided to see what W 10 was like and what of my software would work by installing it on my semi redundant W 7 netbook. It had not been updated for about 6 months. It spent about 2 hours checking for updates and then invited me to download W 10 which I started. For about two hours it has been getting setup files (although it reports 0% progress). I am connected by ethernet cable and have fibre connection at 51Mbps. Is this normal? 

[zappaDPJ]

I decided to see what W 10 was like and what of my software would work by installing it on my semi redundant W 7 netbook. It had not been updated for about 6 months. It spent about 2 hours checking for updates and then invited me to download W 10 which I started. For about two hours it has been getting setup files (although it reports 0% progress). I am connected by ethernet cable and have fibre connection at 51Mbps. Is this normal? 

I can't say if that's normal or not but I had a similar experience updating some of my systems. I do recall leaving one laptop running over night. It got there in the end.

[Clive]

I successfully downloaded it on my netbook yesterday.  Simplicity itself. 

And over the past couple of days I've managed to download it onto Mrs Clive's Dell laptop.  It took two long days to download - day and night.  But I may have accidentally stopped it on one occasion causing it to start all over again.  It seemed more of a black art than a science.    Only one problem which is a graphics driver it has been searching for but has failed to find.  But it seems to work fine and Mrs Clive loves it.  Just my Asus left now and the clock is ticking if I want it for free.   

[Den]

August the second is the date for the major update to Windows 10. Watch this space. 

[Clive]

I've sorted the display driver whatever that is but I think it's Doomsville for the Asus which is refusing to do anything at all other than show a white downloading circle.     I read that it will be impossible to reinstall Win 7 from the partition if it doesn't have the SP2.     "What to do?" as my grandson would say.    

Thanks for the warning Den, I'll be in my bunker.   

[Glenn]

On the other laptop install the media creation tool, download the Windows 10 ISO file (make sure it is the same version as your Win 7 laptop) follow the creation tool instructions to make a bootable pen drive. Locate and note down the licence key. Save any data to an external device.

http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/windows-10-clean-install-using-media-creation-tool#slide-0-field_images-57241

[Clive]

Thanks very much Glenn.

[Glenn]

http://www.geek.com/microsoft/final-windows-10-upgrade-nag-takes-over-your-whole-screen-1660359/